[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Buddhist Literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha) › [Taishō Tripiṭaka (Chinese Buddhist canon)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho) › [四分律行事鈔資持記](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1805) › 3.106 # 四分律行事鈔資持記 3.106 四分律行事鈔資持記 3.106 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [3.106](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1805.3.106) 正法中三，初句標示。準下，出法；上二句，令先依本制。準初量者，即齊長四廣三之內。（餘衣過量猶通，坐具決數，最須審悉；微過犯戒，作可減小。）截斷者，遮通量之非。施緣，謂刺合邊緣一切成已。（緣謂邊際，非謂四圍揲者，作時不須截揲）。若下，次教增法。先令坐試，意彰須否；必可容身，不須增矣。依上增量，即長五廣四。頭謂長頭，邊即廣邊；各增一尺，應須二緣鬪頭連刺。（《感通傳》，天人令破開一尺，四周增之；今為定式。）且迦留減佛四指，身軀極大，尚止於增量而已。今時報劣，尠過六尺，堅執增廣，反斥初制。不唯愚暗，加復我人。細讀斯文，早希悛革。（又準三十，當須揲故；縱廣二尺，壞其新好。）此下，結告。定教則千聖不易，正文乃三藏所傳；猶恐不遵，復加註勉。大慈深切，愚者寧知。 > In the standard rule, there are three parts. The first line marks and indicates it. Under 'According to...', it sets forth the method. The first two lines instruct one to first follow the original prohibition. 'According to the initial measurement' means precisely within four \[spans\] in length and three in width. (For other robes, exceeding the measurement is still permissible; for the sitting mat, the definite quantity must be investigated most thoroughly; a slight excess violates the precept, but in making it, it may be reduced smaller.) 'Severing' is to prevent the error of an open-ended measurement. 'Applying a border' means stitching and joining the border edges once everything is completed. (Border refers to the outer edge, not a patch sewn on all four sides; when making it, one need not cut and patch.) Under 'If...', it next teaches the method of increasing. First, it instructs one to test it by sitting, the intention being to show whether it is needed; if it can definitely accommodate the body, one does not need to increase it. According to the enlarged measurement above, that is five in length and four in width. 'Ends' refers to the ends of the length; 'sides' refers to the edges of the width; each is increased by one foot, and the two edges should be brought together end-to-end and sewn continuously. (In the \*Record of Inspirations\*, a deva instructed to cut it open by one foot and increase it all around; this is now the established model.) Furthermore, Udāyin was shorter than the Buddha by only four finger-breadths, and his physique was extremely large, yet he was only limited to the enlarged measurement. Nowadays, physical retribution is inferior, rarely exceeding six feet, yet people adamantly insist on increasing and widening, conversely disparaging the initial prohibition. This is not only ignorant and blind, but also adds to egoism. Reading this text carefully, may one hope to reform early! (Also, according to the thirty \[niḥsargika-pāyattikas\], one must patch it; two feet in length and breadth, to spoil its fresh beauty.) Below 'This...', it concludes and admonishes. The definitive teachings are unchangeable by a thousand sages, and the standard texts are transmitted by the Tripiṭaka; still fearing people would not comply, he added notes to urge them. His great compassion was profound and earnest—how could foolish people understand it? > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 3.105](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1805.3.105) - [Next: 3.107](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1805.3.107) - [Up: 3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1805.3) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1805~en-mt.3.106) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1805.3.106](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1805.3.106) · Pramāṇa